Soy Nuts and Pulse Pressure .......... Re:Cooking, AGEs and FMD

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Hi :

This paper is interesting for the following reason. It found that in

post-menopausal normo-tensive females the soy nuts reduced SBP by

4·5% and DBP by 3·0%.

First, I wonder if the same would apply to soy protein concentrate?

Second, would it also apply to people with BP of 100/60?

If it does then, because the higher SBP number is reduced by a larger

percentage than the lower DBP number, the result would be an

appreciable improvement in PULSE PRESSURE (PP)!

These data if applied to people with BP of 100/60 result in a 2·7

point reduction in PP. Almost worth trying the experiment on

myself! I am trying to get my 21-day moving average PP down to 35,

from the current 39·x.

Rodney.

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> Effect of Soy Nuts on Blood Pressure and Lipid Levels in

Hypertensive,

> Prehypertensive, and Normotensive Postmenopausal Women

> Francine K. Welty; S. Lee; S. Lew; Jin-Rong Zhou

> Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1060-1067.

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> Conclusions Substituting soy nuts for nonsoy protein in a TLC

> diet improves BP and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels

> in hypertensive women and BP in normotensive postmenopausal women.

> These findings may explain a cardioprotective effect of soy.

>

> http://calorierestriction.org/pmid/?n=17533209